beyondaporia

  Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash I’m really interested in the creative process so I spend a lot of time reading and listening to podcasts about it, and trying to learn from other ‘creatives’. By this, I mean people who make something out of nothing at the prompt of an idea, thought or emotion. I find that it is essential to clarify what one means by creative, as everyone has different ideas of what being one entails. Some contend it is those who specialize in particular forms of art or creative expression (dance, music, painting and the like). Yet, for others, creatives are those who are able to actually live off their art, but I disagree. I believe we all have creative potential. To create means to form something out of existing raw 'materials' (intangibles like sounds or ideas count too), that is in some way different from what came before it. In that sense, most things around us, regardless of their use, purpose, or production methods have been born of creativity. Howeve...

  Un día entendí Que no hay forma de regresar de donde salí Cuando yo me despedí Lo que eso significaba poco comprendí A lo largo de mi vida muchas muertes Que entonces no vi por las promesas de campos más verdes Pero con lo años, se volvieron más fuertes Y una pizca de vino con nostalgia las vuelven unas pestes Un proceso continuo de readaptación Orientación, decepción, y aniquilación Un estado constante de excitación Que después de un par de años resulta bien cansón A la pregunta más simple no puedo responder Me escondo y huyo en el quehacer Y es que por fuera a nadie le debe parecer Que a veces solo quiero desaparecer Y reir, saltar, bailar, tomar Subirme a la barra y gritar en un bar Rodeada de amigos una sobremesa disfrutar Y unos temas de El Madrileño cantar Pero por ahora me refugio en estas letras Y en lo que han escrito autores y poetas En la música y en los renglones de mis libretas Que sanan y sujetan mis angustias más secretas

I can't even begin to describe how much I loved this series, but I'll try. The latter part of December, during which I read the ACOTAR series, was a complete blur. I was only half living in this world, most of my consciousness was elsewhere. Or rather, I should say, was in Prythian, the land where this story takes place. These books had absolutely every single ingredient I look for and love in a book. To me, they encapsulate the very reason why I fell in love with reading in the first place. I am trying to not exaggerate and not give a false overhyped review, but the truth is… I am not exaggerating and I think everything that is overhyped about these books is warranted. I will add the disclaimer that individually, not every book in the saga captured me the same way, but when talking about them as a whole I can just say… wow. And thank you, to Sarah J. Maas. It had been perhaps 10 or 15 years since I read a fantasy series. Over the last few years, I’ve favoured books that explic...